Xerospermum

Xerospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Sapindoideae
Tribe:	Nephelieae
Genus:	Xerospermum Blume, 1850

Xerospermum[1] is a small genus of Asian plants of the family Sapindaceae.

Species

Plants of the World Online currently (February 2024) includes:[2]

1. Xerospermum laevigatum Radlk. - Bangladesh, Indochina (not Vietnam), West Malesia
2. Xerospermum noronhianum (Blume) Blume - Bangladesh, Indochina, West Malesia

Note: at least 19 species names of this genus, including X. bonii (Lecomte) Radlk., are now considered synonymous with the type species, which is X. noronhianum.

• Xerospermum cochinchinense and X. laoticum Gagnep. are now synonyms of Nephelium hypoleucum Kurz

References

1. Blume KL von (1847 publ. 1849) Rumphia 3: 99.
2. "Xerospermum Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

External links

• Flickr: image of fruit
• Data related to Xerospermum at Wikispecies
• Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.